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COMBINED PEN AND PENCIL.

No. 270,746- Patented Janfl, 1883.

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By his .Attorney WITNESSES 7m @M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD M. COLLARD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JOSEPH RECKENDORFER, OF SAME PLACE. y

COMBINED PEN NKD PENCIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,746, dated January 16,'18'83.

Application filed September 29, 188i'. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD M. COLLARD,

of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and Improved Combined Pen and Pencil, of which the fol-i ing-spring moves these parts in the direction necessary to cause the jaws to close, and a pressure-cap is employed to move them in the opposite direction against the stress of the retracting-spring.

Under my invention the lead -containing jaws are wholly inside of the sheath, and are caused to close by drawing back upon them the contracted'tip or nozzle of the sheath. The sheath is surrounded by a tubular case or'handl'e, from which projects at one end the pressure-cap and at the other end the tip or nozzle. The pressure-cap is attached to the sheath, and th eleadcontainingtubewithin the sheath is attached firmly to the outside case or han- `dle by fastening devices which pass through a longitudinal slot in the intermediate sheath. Thus in the instrument the sheath is longitudinally movable with respect to both the leadtube and the case or handle. At thatend of the instrument from which the pencil-tip projects there is an annular space between the case and the sheath, and in this spaceis fitted a reversible pen-holder sleeve, which serves as a bearin g and support for the reciprocatory or longitudinally-movahle sheath which plays through it. This combination and arrangement of devices, in which my invention is comprised, is fullyillustrated in theaccompanying drawings, to which I shall now refer in order to a better'understanding of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal central section of my improved pen and pencil case with the pen-holding end of the pentube within the case. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the same, representing the pen-tube with its pen-holding end outermost.

A' is the sheath, and B is the lead-containing tube. The sheath terminates at the front in a contracted end,a, which is termed the tip or nozzle.7 'lhelead-tube B has at its front end lead-graspingjaws b, which are inside the attached firmly to the lead-tube B by a cross# pin, e, which extends through longitudinalslots fin the sheath. Between the collars c and d is confined the spiral retracting-spring g, which ,tends to hold thejaws b with force against the tip, and thus to keep them closed. Surrounding the sheath is the external case or. handle C, which-is permanently fastened to the collar d, and is thus united to the lead-tube B. The sheath A is surmounted by the pressure-cap D', which is fastened to collar c and projects through the rear end of the handle C, and can be pressed forward to move the sheath A in a direction to release the leadgrasping jaws'. The front end of the sheath A projects beyond the front of the case U. At this end ot' the instrument, between the sheath and the case, is an annular space iille'd by a reversible pen-holding sleeve or tube, D, which isinserted at the pencil end of the case, and enters the annular space between the latter and the automatic pencil-movement,fitting snugly around the cylindrical portion of the sheath, and constituting a tubular bearing, in which the latter is supported and through which it can play back and forth. The shorter end of the reversible tube (which is outermost when the pencil is required for use) is preferably beveled, so as to match and be a prolongation of the tapered tip a of the sheath A, as indicated in Fig. 1, where it will be seen that the other and longer portion of the tube, which has formed in it the pen-slit, is contained, to-

gether with the pen fr, which it carries, within the case.

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Then thc pen is required for use the penl holding tube is reversed,as indicated in Fig.2.

Having described my invention, I would state in conclusion that I do not claim a pencil-case provided with a reversblepen-holding tube inserted at the pencil-point end of the case, between the latter and the pencil, for a pencil having these characteristics is shown and described in Letters Patent No. 11,314, of July 11,1854; nor do I claim an automatic pencil-movement ofthe gen eral character hereinbefore described, the same being disclosed in Letters Patent No. 213,569 and No. 223,467 among others.

WhatIdo claim as new andot' my invention The external case or handle and the reversible pen-holding tube, in combination with the longitudinally-movableorreciprocatorysheath provided with a contracted tip or nozzle, the lead-containing tube within the sheath, carryng the grasping-jaws or lead clampl and united to the outside case, the pressure-cap, and the retracting-spring, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of September, 1882.

RICHARD M. COLLARD.

Witnesses:

HARRY P. FAIRCHILD, C. S. BRAisTED. 

